photo-Peter Serling
© 2005
"...played
with expert togetherness, sensitivity and zest."
~
New York Times
“...extraordinarily skilled ethnic drumming...one
of America’s finest percussion quartets.”
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Percussive Notes
For more than fifteen years Ethos Percussion
Group has inspired audiences throughout
the country with its exceptional music-making and
collective devotion to the incredibly diverse world
of percussion music. Ensemble members Trey Files,
Eric Phinney, Yousif Sheronick and David Shively
are accomplished classical and world music artists,
each with a distinctive background and musical perspective.
Their substantial combined expertise is the source
of Ethos’ innovative programming, which integrates
global instruments and playing styles into the conventions
of Western chamber music to create a visually and
aurally compelling experience. The ensemble’s
critically-acclaimed performances regularly feature
numerous commissions and world premieres, traditional
rhythms from India, West Africa and the Middle East,
and landmark works by composers such as John Cage,
Lou Harrison and Steve Reich.
Recent seasons have included concerts across the United
States and the United Kingdom, with major engagements
at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater,
the Bermuda Festival, London's Wigmore Hall and the
Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Recent
collaborations include the Kansas City Symphony, Grammy-winning
frame drummer Glen Velez and Indian tabla master Pandit
Samir Chatterjee. Ethos is the recipient of a continuing
grant from the Jerome Foundation which has funded fifteen
commissions for the ensemble. The premieres of these
works have been a significant element of the group’s
ongoing concert series dedicated to percussion chamber
music, which was established in New York City in 1999.
In April 2000, National Public Radio's Morning Edition
covered the world premiere of Michael Daugherty's Used
Car Salesman, which was commissioned for Ethos by Hancher
Auditorium at the University of Iowa.
Ethos' discography includes Sol Tunnels (2003), The
Persistence of Past Chemistries (1999) and Ethos Percussion
Group (1996).
Since its founding in 1989 by Michael Sgouros, Ethos
has remained committed to advancing the percussive
arts in education as well as performance. In addition
to presenting clinics and master classes at institutions
such as The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music
and Berklee College of Music, Ethos has worked with
thousands of students in New York City's public schools
through concert and classroom activities. Ethos is
an ensemble-in-residence at La Guardia High School
for the Performing Arts, and in 2004 the group formed
a satellite organization dedicated exclusively to arts
education known as World Beat.
Individually, the members of Ethos have performed
with Philip Glass, Branford Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, New
World Symphony, New Music Consort, Manhattan Chamber
Orchestra, Ensemble Sospeso, New York City Ballet,
De La Guarda and Mabou Mines. They can be heard on
a variety of recordings released by CRI, Opus One,
Koch International and Decca. Ethos Percussion Group
is a member ensemble of Chamber Music America and a
sustaining member of the Percussive Arts Society. The
ensemble gratefully endorses products from Cooperman
Drums, Innovative Mallets, Latin Percussion, Grover
Pro Percussion and Yamaha.
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